Kaiba
カイバ
“Amnesiac Kaiba searches for identity and a mysterious woman in a world where memories can be transferred between bodies.”
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Amnesiac Kaiba searches for identity and a mysterious woman in a world where memories can be transferred between bodies.
In a world where memories exist in memory chips separate from the body, death of the body no longer means death of the soul. It is possible for memories to be viewed, altered, and transferred between bodies. These memory chips are used by the rich to obtain eternal lives in carefully selected bodies, while for the poor, selling their own bodies and conserving their souls in the chips often become the only way to earn a living. An electrolytic cloud in the sky serves as a barrier between the heavens of the fortunate and the underworld of the destitute, making this social division impregnable. One day, a man named Kaiba wakes up in an empty room with no memories, a mysterious hole in his chest, and a locket holding the picture of an unknown woman. After escaping an attack and stumbling upon a decrepit village of underworld residents, he begins his adventure across the different planets of this strange universe to find out more about his own identity and the woman he once knew. Through a journey of self-discovery and acceptance, Kaiba weaves together tales of souls and spirits and explores the importance of memories.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Community consensus
Derived from 78 sampled reviews
8.4/10
Score distribution
Agreement
MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.38 · some divergence
The polarity gap
6.7 ptsRecommenders 8.7 · others 2.0
Score over time
0.41Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9/10 “This anime captivates with its extraordinarily colorful and gorgeous art style that you can't help being encapsulated by, complemented by breathtaking sound design that masterfully blends slow...”
- 9/10 “This show is a deeply moving, heartbreakingly tragic experience that masterfully uses a colorful, early 2000s Cartoon Network-inspired aesthetic to tell a mature story. While the art style didn't...”
- 10/10 “Kaiba is an unparalleled experience that masterfully explores themes of childhood loneliness and parental guilt through an amazing story and a unique, beautiful art style. While some viewers...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Kaiba begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-3221
- Format
- 12 × 24′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 48m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Apr 2008 – Jul 2008
- Spring 2008
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
- Ref.
- BS-3221
- catalog